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Special Thanks
Juan R. Cruz, NASA Langley Research Center
Anna Davis, MDTV Productions

Image Credits 
Mars homepage
Image Composite: (Mars) © NASA/JPL (martian soil) © NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University

Life's Little Essential
Images: (waterfall, iceberg) © Peter Tyson; (Titan) © NASA, Voyager 2

Ask the Expert
Image: (Leslie Tamppari) Courtesy Leslie Tamppari

"Live" From Mars
Twitter badges courtesy Twitter.com

Behind the Scenes
Images: (Mark Davis et al) Courtesy of Mark Davis/MDTV Productions; (rover lab, parachute, rover, launchpad, mission control) © WGBH/NOVA/MDTV Productions

Man on a Mission
Images: (Squyres) © Diane Bollen; Illustrations: © Cornell University/NASA/JPL and Dan Maas; (all other photos) © NASA/JPL

Mars From Afar
Images: (the planet, terrain) © NASA/JPL; (canyon) © NASA/NSSDC, Viking Orbiter; (volcano) © NASA/NSSDC, Viking 1; (volcanic vent, polar gas channels) Courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Arizona; (sand dunes, crater, ice cap, faulting, layered rocks, gullies, clouds, mesas, landslide, plains, dust storms) © NASA/JPL/MSSS; (frozen water) Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University; (Mars globe) © NASA/USGS

Mars Up Close
Images: (all) © NASA/JPL/Cornell

Anatomy of a Rover
Images: (illustrations) © Cornell University/NASA/JPL and Dan Maas

Design a Parachute
Images: (illustrations) © WGBH/NOVA

From Launch to Landing
Videos: (Spirit) © 2002 Cornell University. Animation by Dan Maas. All rights reserved. This work was performed for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, sponsored by the U.S. government under Prime Contract # NAS7-1407 between the California Institute of Technology and NASA. Copyright and other rights in the design drawings of the Mars Exploration Rover are held by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Use of the MER design has been provided to Cornell courtesy of NASA, JPL, and Caltech; (Phoenix) Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech

Martian weather video
Images and video: (Mars, Earth, sun) Courtesy NASA/JPL; (Vicky Hipkin) Courtesy Canadian Space Agency; (clock) © istockphoto.com/russelltate.com; (sun and snowflake) © istockphoto.com/enjoynz; (street sign) © istockphoto.com/SilkenOne; (thermometer) © istockphoto.com/omergenc; (water drop) © istockphoto.com/lushik; (vice) © istockphoto.com/jangeltun; (glass of water) © istockphoto.com/AlonzoDesign; (Phoenix Mars Lander video artist's depiction) Courtesy NASA/JPL; (cloud video, dust devil video) Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University; (frost video) Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University/University of Aarhus/University of Copenhagen; (photo corners) © istockphoto.com/kcastagnola; (martian surface) Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M; (martian sunset) Courtesy NASA/JPL/Texas A&M/Cornell; (Victoria crater, dunes at Endurance crater) Courtesy NASA/JPL/Cornell

TV Program Description
Images: (Is There Life on Mars?) © NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University; (Welcome to Mars) © NASA/JPL; (MARS Dead or Alive) © Cornell University/NASA/JPL and Dan Maas

Program credits

TV Program Credits

Written and Produced by
Jonathan Grupper

Co-Producer
Anna Lee Strachan

Senior Producer
Julia Cort

Edited By
Sak Costanzo

Additional Producing
Mark Davis

Narrated By
Jay O. Sanders

Camera
Nathan Shelton
Keith Page
Gary Henoch
Michael Anderson
Reuben Aaronson
Peter Bonilla
Tim Gibbons
Brad White

Sound Recordists
Jake Sutton
Mike Andrews
Andy Wiskes
Nathan Shelton
Jim Scott
Michael Cottrell

Assistant Camera
Dan Merrill

Grip
Josh Roberts

Music
Gary Pozner
Rob Morsberger
Tom Phillips
Andreas Bjørck

Animation
Nth Degree Design & Visual fx, Inc
Anthony Kraus

Assistant Editors
Evelyn Carrigan
Demi Ray
Chris Chandler
Tyler H. Walk

Online Editor and Colorist
Michael H. Amundson

Audio Mix
John Jenkins

Production Assistants
Andrew Clark
Naava Grupper
Lou Wiskes
Keith Woodhams

Interns
Maya Peeva
Rose Rongitsch
Alex Marinello

Archival Material
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
California Institute of Technology
University of Arizona
Texas A&M University
Lockheed Martin
Indiana State Museum
ITN
ESA

Rover and Spacecraft Animation
Maas Digital, LLC
Dan Maas
John Niehaus
Justin Wick

Mars Animation and Graphics
Anna D. Saraceno, MDTV Productions

Early Mars Flyover Visualizations
Kees Veenenbos

Special Thanks
Sara Hammond
John Beck
Zena Cardman
JPL Media Relations
Harvard Museum of Natural History

 

NOVA Series Graphics
yU + co.

NOVA Theme Music
Walter Werzowa
John Luker
Musikvergnuegen, Inc.

Additional NOVA Theme Music
Ray Loring
Rob Morsberger

Closed Captioning
The Caption Center

Publicity
Carole McFall
Eileen Campion
Victoria Louie
Karinna Sjo-Gaber
Karen Laverty

Marketing
Steve Sears

Researcher
Kate Becker

Senior Researcher
Gaia Remerowski

Production Coordinator
Linda Callahan

Paralegal
Sarah Erlandson

Talent Relations
Scott Kardel, Esq.
Janice Flood

Legal Counsel
Susan Rosen

Production Assistant
Ryan Murdock

Post Production Assistant
Darcy Forlenza

Associate Producer, Post Production
Patrick Carey

Post Production Supervisor
Regina O'Toole

Post Production Editors
Rebecca Nieto
Jason York

Post Production Manager
Nathan Gunner

Compliance Manager
Linzy Emery

Development Producer
Pamela Rosenstein

Supervising Producer
Stephen Sweigart

Business Manager
Joseph P. Tracy

Senior Producer and Project Director
Lisa Mirowitz

Coordinating Producer
Laurie Cahalane

Senior Science Editor
Evan Hadingham

Senior Series Producer
Melanie Wallace

Managing Director
Alan Ritsko

Senior Executive Producer
Paula S. Apsell

 

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Original MER Animation
Animation by Dan Maas, Maas Digital LLC
© 2002 Cornell University All rights reserved.
This work was performed for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, sponsored by the United States Government under Prime Contract #NAS7-1407 between the California Institute of Technology and NASA.
Copyright and other rights in the design drawings of the Mars Exploration Roverare held by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Use of the MER design has been provided to Cornell courtesy of NASA, JPL, and Caltech.

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